@Japan Guest Post by Erin F. Have you ever wondered why we use “easy” to describe learning our mother tongue, but “difficult” to describe learning any subsequent languages? People often ask me if Japanese is difficult to learn as a foreign language. The problem is the word “difficult.” I would use that word to describe many other things but language learning should not be described as difficult. Here’s why: 1. Language is uniquely human. We’re the only animal on this planet that have...